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How Weird Is This?

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A Pakistani-American leader reportedly says

it is the “religious duty” of Muslims to support, financially and otherwise,

Louisiana Democrat Kathleen Blanco in the gubernatorial contest that will be

decided on

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Saturday. Her opponent, of course is rising GOP star Bobby Jindal, a Catholic convert

whose parents are immigrants from India.

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